COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • MARCH 1, 2019 •
CG Business Challenge
kick-off rescheduled
In 2017, a local resident
and business owner walked
into the Cottage Grove
Chamber of Commerce of-
fice with an idea about how
to encourage entrepre-
neurship, create new jobs
and give back to the com-
munity that contributed to
his own success.
Harold Frazier of New
Breed Seed Company do-
nated $10,000 and said he
simply wanted it to go to
someone with a great busi-
ness plan that would create
new jobs in the Cottage
Grove area.
The Chamber of Com-
merce, Cottage Grove
Community Development
Corporation and RAIN
Eugene joined for several
months of meeting, and in
those meetings the Cottage
Grove Business Challenge
was born.
Twenty-four hopeful en-
trepreneurs took the chal-
lenge and three were cho-
sen to receive funds to help
start their businesses: Mike
Caven of Sanity Chocolate
won the first-place prize of
$6,000; Joey Jaraczewski of
Sohr Performance + Nutri-
tion won $3,000; and Kim
Johnson with Real Live
Food Oregon won $1,000.
Entrepreneurs are in-
vited invited once again
to take the challenge and
submit their business plan
ideas for a chance to win
up to $10,000 in start-up
funding.
Submissions must come
in the form of a (no more
than four-page) executive
summary of their business
plan and the business must
create new jobs in the Cot-
tage Grove area.
Originally, a kickoff net-
working event to generate
interest was scheduled for
Wednesday, Feb. 27, from
6 to 8 p.m., at The Brewsta-
tion, 106 Sixth St. in Cot-
tage Grove.
However, the power-
ful winter storm that shut
down Cottage Grove made
it necessary to cancel the
original kick-off date. So,
it is being rescheduled for
sometime next week.
More details and the new
kick-off date will be avail-
able in the March 6 edition
of The Sentinel.
In the meantime, all in-
terested parties including
entrepreneurs, investors,
sponsors and business
leaders are encouraged to
attend the kickoff event
when it is rescheduled.
Additional challenge in-
formation can be found at
www.cgbizplan.com.
Those who accept the
challenge will have ac-
cess to a series of classes
through Lane Communi-
ty College and the Small
Business Development
Center, Liveplan business
plan writing software will
be provided by Palo Alto,
as well as mentor support
from seasoned business
leaders.
Submissions for the Cot-
tage Grove Business Chal-
lenge are due May 1.
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Carousel Board welcomes newest, youngest member
COURTESY PHOTO
The Friends of the Cottage Grove Carousel Board recently welcomed its newest and youngest voting member of the
governing board, Destiny Duerst (center), who is is a 2017 Cottage Grove High School graduate. In 2017, Duerst and
her best friend, Ryani, organized a spaghetti feed that raised more than $2,000 to purchase clothing for the home-
less. Duerst said she is enthused about bringing a carousel to South Lane County and will work in fundraising and
communications to further the efforts of the restoration and final home for the carousel.
LORANE NEWS
• The Crow Middle school is host-
ing a Red Cross Blood Drive on April
18 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Go online to
www.RedCrossBlood.org and set up
an appointment time. Any donations
made at the CMHS blood drive will
help a selected CHS Anatomy student
earn scholarship dollars.
Thirty to 70 pints equals a $250
scholarship, 71-100 pints earns a $500
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• Spring break will be Monday,
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• Want or need a prom dress? Come
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